Book 2 & 3 Flashcards by Critsian Moya

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Acquit

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not guilty

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altercation

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a heated argument

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asseveration

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serious statement or declaration

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bacchanalian

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drunken

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barrister

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lawyer

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commiseration

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sympathy

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cowed

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timid from fear

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debauched

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corrupted

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demeanor

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outward behavior

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despondent

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lacking hope

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disreputable

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not respectable

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functionary

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an official

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imputation

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attribution

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incorrigible

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not able to be corrected

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indictment

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a formal charge or accusation

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insinuation

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hint or indirect suggestion

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laudanum

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drug containing opium

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malign

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to slender

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obliterate

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to block out

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parricide

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killing of a parent

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politic

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showing good judgement

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propensity

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tendency

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rapturous

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full of feeling

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repose

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sleep

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superciliously

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scornfully, arrogantly

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supplication

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humble request

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timorous

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timid

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tocsin

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an alarm or bell

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unimpeachable

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impossible to doubt

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vehemence

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intense feeling

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visage

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face

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abashed

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ill at ease

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acquiesce

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to agree without protest

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antipathy

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strong dislike

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aquiline

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curved like an eagles beak

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countenance

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face

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culpability

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blame

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dissonance

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lack of harmony

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domicile

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poor dueling place

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emigrant

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person who leaves their own country to settle in another

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emissary

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a person sent on special mission

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frugal

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thrifty

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ligature

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used for trying or binding

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ostentatiously

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in a showy manner

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repudiate

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to cause to be rejected

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sequestrate

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separate

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unprecedented

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new; unheard of

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pernicious

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extremely harmful

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obstinacy

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stubbornness